STRUCTURAL PAINTING STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS

1 To:SUPERSEDED BY EB 06-057 EFFECTIVE 05/03/07 New York State Department of Transportation ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTIONEI05-038 Title: STRUCTURAL PAINTING STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS Distribution: Manufacturers (18) 7 Local Govt. (31) 7 Agencies (32) Surveyors (33) 7 Consultants (34) 7 Contractors (39) _____( ) Approved: /s/ Robert L. Sack_____ Robert L. Sack Deputy Chief Engineer, Research 20 DEC05 Date ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION: This Engineering Instruction (EI) is effective beginning with projects submitted for the letting of May 4, 2006. This EI supersedes EI 97-029 and EI 05-002.

2 These revisions will be incorporated into a future update of the STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS . PURPOSE: The purpose of this EI is to: Reissue Section 572, Shop-Applied STRUCTURAL Steel Paint System. Issue STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for Section 573, STRUCTURAL Steel Field PAINTING : Total Removal. Issue STANDARD specification for Section 574, Overcoating and Localized Field PAINTING of STRUCTURAL Steel. Issue Section 708 SPECIFICATIONS for the material requirements of STRUCTURAL paints. Issue shelf notes for references to the Paints, STRUCTURAL Steel and Paints, Moisture Curing Urethane Systems.

3 TECHNICAL INFORMATION: This EI is being issued concurrently with EI 05-039 Incidental PAINTING STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS and EI 05-040 STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING Guidance. This EI disapproves several commonly used special SPECIFICATIONS . Guidance pertaining to choosing the appropriate specification can be found in EI 05-040. Section 572 has been modified and also uses a new paint system. Section 573 and Section 574 are modified special SPECIFICATIONS appearing as a STANDARD specification for the first time. They include a significant change in the scope and methods from preceding versions.

4 Changes include: requiring the Contractor to submit a quality control plan, more stringent requirements for profile and dry-film thickness inspection, requiring the use of recycled steel grit to reduce hazardous waste and to improve paint performance (Total Removal Jobs), hot-water pressure wash to remove grease and salts prior to field PAINTING , requiring manufacturers to submit more STANDARD and complete technical data sheets, use of potable water for washing, and tighter atmospheric restrictions for surface preparation and paint application.

5 SPECIFICATIONS now include the requirement for designers to include a special note entitled STRUCTURAL PAINTING Details. This note should contain the following information: description of serialized items, estimated structure length, width, vertical clearance, pay items to be used, description and location for pay items and if necessary, stream classification, and whether or not the structure is over a public water supply. Pay item should be used when the entire structure is to be overcoated. Pay item should be used when only a portion of the structure will be overcoated.

6 Pay items and may be used simultaneously on the same structure. EI 05-038 Page 2 of 2 For overcoating work, tightly adhering paint must be abraded before it is painted over. This requirement will increase the cost of overcoating. The increase in cost for this work cannot be estimated at this time. A significant increase in cost for total removal projects is unexpected. IMPLEMENTATION: Main Office Design Quality Assurance Bureau will insert the STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS and shelf notes in all proposals effective beginning with those projects submitted for the letting of May 4, 2006.

7 Disapproved Items Description Field Cleaning and Overcoating SSPC 11 Field Cleaning and Overcoating SSPC 11 (Spray Prohibited) Field Cleaning and Overcoating SP10 Field Cleaning and Overcoating SP10 (Spray Prohibited) Shop Applied STRUCTURAL Steel Paint System Localized Paint Removal From STRUCTURAL Steel By Vacuum Contained Methods Localized PAINTING of Bare STRUCTURAL Steel Field Cleaning and Overcoating SSPC SP11 (Spray Prohibited) Field Cleaning and epoxy PAINTING of STRUCTURAL Steel Total Removal to SP 10 (Spray Prohibited) Field Cleaning and PAINTING Total Removal to SP 10 zinc Rich epoxy Primer Field Cleaning and PAINTING Total Removal to SP 10 (Spray Prohibited)

8 New SPECIFICATIONS Title 708-01 STRUCTURAL Steel Paints 708-02 STRUCTURAL Steel Maintenance Paints New Pay Items Description STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING : Shop Applied nn STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING : Field Applied Total Removal nn STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING : Overcoating (Lump Sum) nn STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING : Overcoating (Square Meter) nn STRUCTURAL Steel PAINTING : Localized (Square Meter) TRANSMITTED MATERIALS: Shelf Notes for Paints Shelf Notes for Section 572 SPECIFICATIONS Shelf Notes for Section 573 SPECIFICATIONS Shelf Notes for Section 574 SPECIFICATIONS Section 708 SPECIFICATIONS Example of STRUCTURAL PAINTING Details note format.

9 CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this issuance to Orlando Picozzi via e-mail at or William Feliciano via e-mail at or at the Materials Bureau at (518) 457-4595. EI 05-038 Page 1 of 23 L 05/04/06 Make the following changes to Volume 2 of 3 of the STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS of January 2, 2002. Page 5-103 Delete line 3 and Add STRUCTURAL Steel Paint Class 1 708-01 Page 5-103 Delete lines 35 to 43 and Replace with the following: D. All other metal surfaces shall be cleaned to meet SSPC-SP10, Near-White Metal Blast Cleaning and painted in accordance with section 572, STRUCTURAL Paint System: Shop Applied.

10 The paint shall be selected from the Department s Approved List, STRUCTURAL Steel Paints Class 1. For bearings used in conjunction with unpainted steel, the color of the finish coat shall Weathered Brown as defined by 708-05. Section 572-Section 574 Page 5-135 Delete Section 572 in its entirety and replace with the following: SECTION 572 - STRUCTURAL STEEL PAINTING : SHOP APPLIED 572-1 DESCRIPTION. This work shall consist of preparing and PAINTING new steel surfaces in a permanent facility, enclosure, or building, with four walls to grade and a roof, where surface preparation and PAINTING activities are conducted in an environment not subject to outdoor weather conditions and/or blowing dust.